Skier's Thumb WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Skier's Thumb
Skier's thumb (also know as Gamekeeper's thumb) is an injury of the soft tissue (ligament) that connects the bones of your thumb together. Skier's thumb is a common skiing injury.
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What is Skier's Thumb?
- eMedicineHealth: Skier's Thumb Overview
- Wikipedia: Gamekeeper's Thumb (Skier's Thumb)
- e-Hand: What is it?
- ProCare Medical Associates LLC: Thumb Ular Collateral Ligament Injury
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Sprained Thumb
What Are The Symptoms of Skier's Thumb?
- eMedicineHealth: Skier's Thumb Symptoms
- AAOS: Symptoms
- American Association for Hand Surgery: What Are the Typical Symtpoms?
- University of Virginia Health System: Signs and Symptoms
What Are The Causes and Complications of Skier's Thumb?
- Orthopaedic Associates: Cause
- eMedicineHealth: Skier's Thumb Causes
- e-Hand: What Causes it?
- American Association for Hand Surgery: What Causes Skier's Thumb?
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Skier's Thumb?
- Orthopaedic Associates: Non-Surgical & Surgical Treatment
- eMedicineHealth: Skier's Thumb Treatment: Self-Care at Home | Medical Treatment
- American Association for Hand Surgery: How Can it Be Treated?
- University of Virginia Health System: Treatment
How Do You Prevent Skier's Thumb?
- Orthopaedic Associates: Prevention
- eMedicineHealth: Prevention
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Skier's Thumb
- Yahoo Answers: I Hurt My Thumb Skiing Yesterday...
- ABC of Skiing: Skiing Injury-Skier's Thumb
- Adirondack Sports & Fitness: Common Alpine Skiing Injuries
- MTBR: UCL Tear/Skier's Thumb
- The Western Star: Skirt Skier's Thumb
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Skier's Thumb
- PubMed Central: Skier's Thumb
- Google Scholar: Skier's Thumb
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Gamekeeper's Thumb, Thumb sprain, Ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb injury, UCL of the thumb injury, UCL tear
- Last update: Jun. 16, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
